Read It Forward
With this practical guide, it's easy to implement the proven fun—and learning—of a read-it-forward program in your middle school library. Teens recommend books to other teens, offering a surefire way to promote books and reading.

Finding the right book for each student is almost impossible if you serve several hundred students, as most school librarians do. Read It Forward offers an innovative way around that problem: a program that lets librarians saturate the school with a title that encourages middle school students to read for pleasure. As an added bonus, Read It Forward (RIF) creates learning opportunities that can be leveraged across the curriculum.

The program presented here is based on the author's experience with a community RIF project that was a collaborative effort among nine middle school librarians from schools with varying needs and socioeconomic levels. This thoroughly practical book takes librarians through the process step by step, offering specific examples of what worked and what didn't, then showing how the process can be extended to almost any book. The author also discusses other aspects of running a successful RIF program—such as getting buy-in from school administrators, the PTA, and department chairs—so that parents and teachers can collaborate in the experience.

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Read It Forward
With this practical guide, it's easy to implement the proven fun—and learning—of a read-it-forward program in your middle school library. Teens recommend books to other teens, offering a surefire way to promote books and reading.

Finding the right book for each student is almost impossible if you serve several hundred students, as most school librarians do. Read It Forward offers an innovative way around that problem: a program that lets librarians saturate the school with a title that encourages middle school students to read for pleasure. As an added bonus, Read It Forward (RIF) creates learning opportunities that can be leveraged across the curriculum.

The program presented here is based on the author's experience with a community RIF project that was a collaborative effort among nine middle school librarians from schools with varying needs and socioeconomic levels. This thoroughly practical book takes librarians through the process step by step, offering specific examples of what worked and what didn't, then showing how the process can be extended to almost any book. The author also discusses other aspects of running a successful RIF program—such as getting buy-in from school administrators, the PTA, and department chairs—so that parents and teachers can collaborate in the experience.

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Read It Forward

Read It Forward

by Linda Kay
Read It Forward

Read It Forward

by Linda Kay

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Overview

With this practical guide, it's easy to implement the proven fun—and learning—of a read-it-forward program in your middle school library. Teens recommend books to other teens, offering a surefire way to promote books and reading.

Finding the right book for each student is almost impossible if you serve several hundred students, as most school librarians do. Read It Forward offers an innovative way around that problem: a program that lets librarians saturate the school with a title that encourages middle school students to read for pleasure. As an added bonus, Read It Forward (RIF) creates learning opportunities that can be leveraged across the curriculum.

The program presented here is based on the author's experience with a community RIF project that was a collaborative effort among nine middle school librarians from schools with varying needs and socioeconomic levels. This thoroughly practical book takes librarians through the process step by step, offering specific examples of what worked and what didn't, then showing how the process can be extended to almost any book. The author also discusses other aspects of running a successful RIF program—such as getting buy-in from school administrators, the PTA, and department chairs—so that parents and teachers can collaborate in the experience.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781598848083
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 09/26/2013
Pages: 140
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Linda Kay is a middle school librarian at Ridgeview Middle School, Round Rock, TX.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Choose a Great Book With Contributions from Len Bryan 1

Chapter 2 Obtain Buy-In With Contributions from Lori Loranger 9

Chapter 3 Obtain Copies of the Book With Contributions from Kate DiPronio 15

Chapter 4 Promote Excitement With Contributions from Cecilia Fuentes 19

Chapter 5 Distribute Books 37

Chapter 6 Programming Ideas With Contributions from Kate DiPronio 45

Chapter 7 Keeping Track With Contributions from Laura Stiles 53

Chapter 8 Culminating Event With Contributions from Lori Lockwood 57

Chapter 9 Year Two 61

Chapter 10 Year Three With Contribidions from Lori Loranger 71

Conclusion 89

Appendix: Annotated List 93

Index 127

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